In Sochi, rescuers of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations evacuated a tourist at an altitude of more than 2 thousand meters.

In Sochi, a 41-year-old tourist, whose health deteriorated sharply while hiking on the high-altitude Bzerpinsky ledge, was evacuated by rescuers from a height of more than 2 thousand m. On September 16, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia reported.

It is noted that the woman was part of an unregistered tourist group. Suddenly, she had acute abdominal pain and severe nausea. Rescuers from the Krasnopolyansky division of the Southern Regional Search and Rescue Squad (URPSO) promptly arrived at the scene of the emergency on foot The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, together with employees of the Kuban-SPAS Emergency Rescue Service (ACC).

Since the woman's condition was severe, evacuation could only be carried out by helicopter. An EMERCOM Ka-32 aircraft with another group of rescuers from the Southern Russian Arctic flew to the site.

"She was transported to a helicopter on her toes, after which a Russian Emergencies Ministry medic provided the woman with first aid. After landing at the base of the rescue squad in Sochi, the tourist was handed over to the paramedics," the department's Telegram channel clarified.

"When Natalia saw us, she started crying—she hoped she could come down."

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Before that, on August 31, rescuers evacuated a group of six climbers who were stuck in the mountains of the Trans-Ili Alatau in Kazakhstan due to leg injuries to two of them. The climbers suffered during the passage of the mountain route as a result of a rockfall on Satpayev peak. Rescuers determined the geolocation of the group at an altitude of 4.3 thousand meters. m and evacuated the tourists using a helicopter. The Ministry of Emergency Situations noted that five of the rescued climbers are citizens of the Russian Federation.

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